The Alan Sugar Foundation

Analysis

The Alan Sugar Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughton. It was registered in July 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Alan Sugar Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £6.1m, spending 366% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11 to £1.7m (+15146218%), an average of +1873% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 377%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Alan Sugar Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Impact UK (£1.7m), Association of Charitable Foundations (£1.7m) and Age UK Croydon (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and investments 14%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.